Home School:	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Class Name:	Information Services for Specific Populations
Class Number:	INLS 739
Course Tool:	Blackboard
Class Section:	01W
Faculty:	Claudia Gollop
Credits:	3.0 Credit Hours at host school
Class Description:	Service, professional, and administrative issues related to information access by nontraditional information service users; examine trends, public policy, ethical issues, programming, and evaluation of services. Pre-requisite: Completion of a reference sources and services course.
Seats:	3
Delivery:	Asynchronous
Start Date:	8/23/2006
End Date:	12/6/2006
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Last Add Day:	8/11/2006
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Residency Location:	No Residency
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Class Disclaimer:	1. Developed a knowledge base of the interdisciplinary nature of the related literature. 2. Developed a better understanding of the information service needs of certain segments of the population. 3. Developed a familiarity with methods used to mediate stated barriers to information. 4. Developed awareness of modes of access to information designed for particular groups. 5. Developed the ability to design and demonstrate library or information service programs that facilitate information access to specific user groups. No textbook is required. The course objectives will be accomplished by online lecture notes, class discussion and student presentation related to the required readings, mid-term and final project reports. This course is delivered via Blackboard.